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Young Residents of Capital Area Follow Varied Pursuits and Hobbies
Two Topics
Are Chosen
In Contest
Letter Writers Get,
Chance to Battle
for Star Prizes.
WELL, we are about ready to
see what good reporters
you are!
Plans for the weekly let -
ter-writing contest this page will
conduct in August are taking shape
rapidly, and we are ready with some
Important announcements.
First of all, the contest will open
Monday, August 2. and letters must
be m the office of The Star by Friday,
August 6.
Two topics have been chosen 1 ir
the first contest and you may write
on one or both of them, just as you
Choose. Here they are:
"Hobbies" and "How I Make Extra
Bpending Money."
They don't sound hard, do they?
And, of course, there are the prizes— |
three of them. We are offering $3
ior the best letter; $2 for the letter |
taking second place; and $1 for the
letter taking third place.
As for points to be taken into con
sideration in selecting the best let
ters, the judges. I imagine, will look
ior several things. If a hobby, for
instance, or your way of making
money is very unusual, it will prob
ably give your letter a high rating.
Then, it will be important to have
your letter neatly written. Use only
one side of the paper and write as
clearly as you can.
Your style in writing will count,
too, but by that I don't mean you
have to use great, big words. Just
write as clearly and entertainingly
us you can—as if you were telling
your story to someone as concisely ]
as possible.
Since this contest is designed to
encourage letter writing among the
young readers of this page, contest
ants over 18 years of age will be
barred. So in writing your letter,
please state your age.
Also give your name and address
end. if you have a telephone number,
include that in your letter.
In writing on "Hobbies," it is not
necessary to describe your own. Per
haps you know of some other boy or
girl who is engaged in an interesting
occupation just for the fun of it.
Your letter will be a good way to
pass the idea on.
There are all sorts of hobbies, of
foiirse. Some people like collections.
This page recently carried a story
of a girl who collected the feathers
of unusual birds at the 700, for her
hobby. Many collect match boxes
Find coins. Writing letters to "pen
friends" and modeling planes and
boats are other popular hobbies.
These are just a few, of course. You
may know of hobbies entirely differ
ent. In any case, why not try your
hand at writing letters on one or
more of them.
As for the subject, "How I Make
My Spending Money," this topic also
offers a variety of possibilities.
Maybe you run errands for mother
or perhaps you are exceptionally
clever. I once wrote a story about
e boy at McKinley High School who
caught mice and sold them to a lab
oratory at $1 each. He earned enougn
money that way to buy an Easter
suit.
Another boy I talked to recently
earned a small amount of money by
making miniature violins, which he
enld for $1 50 each. Two boys in
Chevy Chase. Md.. run a thriving
ehoeshine business during the Sum
mer They go from house to house
soliciting customers, and divide up
profits at the end of the season.
But whether you earn your money
in an unusual way or just by being
Useful about the home—washing
dishes, cutting the lawn, minding
j-our younger brothers and sisters—
why not tell about it in a letter to
The Star. You may win first prize!
Arrangements will be made to pub
lish prize-winning letters. They will
not appear until Sunday, August 15,
however.
Letters should be addressed to the
Fdiror of the Children's Page of The
Star. And don't forget to give your
rame, age and address.
Riddles
*"ΡΗΕ five riddles below are tough !
ones to guess. But you riddle
fans have had lots of practice, so let's
«ce what you can do with them.
1. What kind of fruit does the elec
tric plant hear?—Reyna Cooper.
2. I've seen you where you never
were, and where you ne'er will
• b»».
ι And yet you in that very same
) place, may still be seen by me.
—Robert D. Wayne Taft.
3 Why does a chimney smoke?—
ffita Lou Leverette.
* What factories if closed would
prevent many strikes?—LeRoy Al
bright.
5. What is the difference between a
farpenter and a pint of milk?—Jean
Jackson.
ANSWERS.
1. Currents. 2. Reflection in a mir
ror. 3. Because it can't chew. *.
Match factories. 5. One weighs a
pound and the other pounds away.
UACH of the terms in the column to
the left is commonly used in one
Of the studies or branches of learning
In the column to the right. Can you
connect each term with the study in
which it is used?
1. Sine Physiology
2. Divisor Geometry
3. Dynasty Chemistry
4. Parse Trigonometry
5. Pitch History
6. Hypotenuse Arithmetic
7. Larynx Physics
8. Molecule Grammar
9. Isthmus Music
10. Inertia Geography
Answers.
Sine with trigonometry, divisor
«1th arithmetic, dynasty with history,
parse with grammar, pitch with mu
tic. hypotenuse with geometry, larynx
with physiology, molecule with chem
istry. lethmua with geography, inertia
with physics.
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Seventeen-Year-Old Is Pilot
Charles Duncan Davy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Morris of 2647 Woodley road, has been
flying solo for a year. He is shown here at the controls of one of the ships he operates.
Nutty Doll Family, Home Made,
Useful as Toys and Decorations
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WOULD you like to make
yourself a Nutty doll fam
ily? You can have a
brother and sister doll
and their colored mammy, with even
an Indian squaw and her little pa
poose t-o make it more exciting
First you mast collect the neces
sary materials. They cost very lit
tle and they are not hard to find.
The next time your mother goes to
the store, have her buy them for you.
Since it is to be a Nutty doll family,
the most important items are the
nuts, for the faces of the dolls are
made from these. Then you need
millinery wire No. 7. and crepe paper.
You draw the features of the dolls
on the nut. faces yourself, using black
and red crayon.
When you have the nuts and wire
and crepe paper, you are ready to
begin. Miss Hazel Nut. the girl doll,
is the easiest to make, so let's start ;
with her.
To make Ha/el's body, cut one piece
of wire 7 inches long, another 3 inches,
and another 6 inches. Bend one end
of the 7-inch wire and one end of
the 3-inch wire into a loop about '?«
inch long.
Then cut a long strip of flesh-col
ored crepe paper si-inch wide. Cover
the wires by moistening one loop end
with pasie. covering it with the pa- !
per and then winding along the wn*. j
Leave about >2-inch unwound at the i
straight end of the 7-inch piece, for
the end of this wire is to be forced
into the end of the nut which forms
the head.
J^BOUT two inches from the loop
end of the 7-inch wire, fasten the ;
3-inch wire by twisting Find the
middle of the 6-inch wire and wind
the 7-inch piece around close to the
nut to form arms. Bend the bottom
loops over so that they form feet.
P*ill out the body by winding a 1-inch
strip of crepe paper around many
times, pasting in place.
Ha«M's head is an almond. Her
hair is made of yellow crepe paper,
which may be slashed and twisted
around a small knitting needle to
make it fashionably curly. Her dress
is made from lavender crepe paper,
scalloped around the bottom, reveal
ing pantalettes of white. A tiny white
ruffle, also of crepe paper, is pasted
around the neck and armholes of
her dress, end yellow crepe paper
rases with green leaves complete her
costume.
Hazel's brother, known as Philbert
Nut, comes next. Philbert's body is
made with wire and crepe paper, ex
actly like Hazel's. His head also is
made from an almond. But his hair j
is not blond like his sister s, but black, j
and is made from a black strip of
paper slashed and pasted to the nut.
His suit is smartly tailored of blue
crepe paper trimmed in white buttons,
a white shirt of the same material,
and a dashing black tie.
Ha«>l and Philbert's colored mam
my is known as Chess Nut. Her body i
is made according to the directions for
the brother and sister, but dark brown 1
paper is used to cover the body wires i
and her head Is formed by a chestnut. !
Her bandana is cut in a triangular
shape and is tied around her head in a
knot at the back. Chess' blouse, skirt,
and bandana ere cut from bright yel
low- crepe paper, which you may deco
rate with dots of red. Her apron is
made from white crepe paper and has
a red stripe drawn around the bottom
of it.
'J'HE last member of the Nut doll fam- ;
ily is the Indian squaw and her
papoose. The body of the squaw is
made in exactly the same manner as
are the other dolls, but the wires
should be covered in copper-colored
crepe paper. For the squaw's head,
use a walnut, but if you have trouble
getting the wire to go through the
nut, an almond will do. The head
of the papoose is a hazel nut which
is pasted in the spot indicated in the
illustration. The faces are drawn on
with the crayons. The dress of the
squaw is cut from buff-colored crepe
paper and is trimmed in slashed red
crepe. Her headband is also of bright
red, as is her feather. The little
papoose is in a bag of dark brown
paper, with bright red bands drawn
with the crayon in criss-cross design
on its back.
Besides having the fun of making
these dolls to use now for toys, why
not make some as favors or table
decorations for your next party?
Out of Luck.
"I'M IN an awful predicament."
"What's the trouble?"
"I've lost my glasses and I can't
look for them until I've found them
tgaln."
For the Puzzle Fans
LOTS of boys end girls are trnine
campine these days, so our
crossword puzzle takes shelter
this week in a tent.
UNDER CANVAS.
The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
2. Radio distress signal.
4. Peg for fastening tent.
6. Noise made by a pigeon.
7. Tavern.
9. Exclamation.
10. Young dog.
12. Upon.
14 Amount labbr).
16. Gardening tool.
17. Blemish.
18. A canvas ^shelter.
VERTICAL.
1. South American serpent.
2. Cease.
3. To omit.
4. Therefore.
5. Half an em.
6. A community of tents.
8. The middle of the day.
9. Possess.
11. We.
13. Snare.
15. Toward.
16. Pronoun.
—2—
Next we have a word diamond built
around the word "campers." The
second line le a tin container, the
third is a star with a tail, the flfth
means poor, and the sixth Is attempt.
Can you form the diamond?
C
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CAMPERS
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R
S
—3—
And here are two word chains made
up of good camping words. Remem
ber that you must change only one
letter at a time, and that all words
formed must be real "dictionary"
words.
Change POLE to TENT In Ave
morn.
A.
Change HUNT to FISH in four
moves.
Here's s picture puzzle concerned
with something r11 of us like to do
in Summer—go on a picnic.
—5—
Two kinds of meat are hidden in
the sentence below. It will take a
sharp eye to pick them out.
"An Injured hip or knee can give
a lot of trouble to a runner."
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S
PUZZLES.
1. Steerage, galley, hatch.
2. SHIP, shop, shot, eoot, sort,
PORT.
BOAT, beat, beak, beck, DECK.
3. The diamond is C, cab, capes,
captain, beast, sit, N.
4. Inch, add A. form Chain. Reap,
add P, form Paper.
5. Crossword puzzle solution.
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Youth's Air
Feats Bring
Great Thrill
Charles Davy, 17, Has
Solo Flight Record
and Field Job.
By L on is β Hartley
Wassell.
IMAGINE what a thrill you would
get working at an airport—well,
that is just what Charles Duncan
Davy has done every Summer
vacation since he was 12.
Charles is 17 now, and has been
flying solo for a year. While he knew
how for a long time before that and
had flown many times with licenced
pilots, he was required by law to
wait until he was 16 before taking
an airplane off the ground all by him
self. Think of it! His flying log
looks pretty good for a lad of his
age, and his "hours" are adding up
every day he /lies.
He proudly says he has flown sev
eral types of planes, including Tay
lor Cubs, Travelair Ε 4000, Aeronca Κ !
low and high wings, a Great Lake 2 ι
T1A and others and hopes some day j
to own his own plane His solo i
flights have been made from Beacon '
Field, Congressional Field and Wash- |
ington Airport.
Early in life Charles decided to
strive to be a great aviator and blaze
ι he sky trail for the younger genera
tion. So, as soon as school was out,
the Summer of 1932, he took a ground
school flying course at Drew Field
near St. Petersburg, Fla.
All day long, as the planes landed
it the airport, Charles would heli !
the mechanics check the engines and
mechanism, "so that they would be
Ο. Κ he said, "before taking off
again." Three evenings a week he
had lectures on the science of flying.
Here he learned laws and regulations
governing air traffic, heights of fly
ine over different Inralitioc «nrf >.·>
formation relative to safe air travel.
"When I 'warmed-up' my first en
gine." Charles said, "I got the thrill
of my life."
Three years ago his parents moved
to Washington. Not desiring to lose
the experience he had in Florida.
Charles took himself down to the
Washington Airport and got a job.
Here he directed air traffic by a sys
tem of lights from the top of the '
Administration Building, although he 1
did not get a salary at first. He
learned that a green light bun.ing
meant safety, 'go ahead"; a red
light, "hold until road is clear": that j
red burning, with preen flashing con- J
tinuously. was an order to "return
to ramp" He also operated the
safety lights for motor cars on Mill- ;
tarv road, which unfortunately run? !
through the airfield. This is all i
changed now by an up-to-date radio
system.
Charles said it was excitinz to see
the distinguished people land and
take of! at the field. Some he re
members were Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt, Secretary Roper. Secretary Wal- j
lace. Amelia F.arhart and members '
of the diplomatic corps, the cabinet '
and Congress.
Besides being an aviator, Charles
is an accomplished musician. He has
played in a string quartet at the
Pan-American Building at the recep- j
tion for the Mexican Ambassador, at i
Constitution Hall and at church and
school concerts Unlike mes. toys,
he does not mind practicing, and tan j
always find time between going to
school and working a: the airp.irt to
get in a few practice hours.
His pet Lakeland terrier. Sandy,
enjoys hearing him play his violin
and will lie perfectly still in rapt at
tention.
He is now in a Boy Scout camp
near Petersburg. Fla . and hope·; to
get over to Drew Field again. where
he took his first flying lessors
Charles will act as councilman at
camp until school commences in
Washington this Fall.
Cuddles and Tuckie
BY FRANCES ROYSTER
WILLIAMS.
^OME Indians captured Sis one day
And tied her in their tent to stay.
A little neighbor riding by
Upon a donkey, heard her cry.
1
He let Miss Cuddles loose end said,
"We'll tie my donkey there Instead
And hide behind the tent and then
We'll fool these savage Indian men."
The warriors came back with a shout
To drag their little captive out.
But Mister Donkey heard them there
And stuck his head out In the air.
He opened up his funny jaw
And gave a great big loud "HEE
HAW!"
He scared those little Indians so
They're running yet, for all I know.
(Copyright, 1P37.)
Sit-Down.
Τ TSHER: How far down do you wish
to sit, lady?
Lady: All the way, at course.
Peggy Knows Acting
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Peggy Parham, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Par
ham of 4131 Yuma street, is shown posing as she did in a play,
"The House That Jack Built," recently given by the Y. W. C. A.
8-Year-Old Actress
Gets Aid From Screen
Peggy Studies Roles by Ac-ting· Them Before
M irror at Home—Appeared in Public
When She Was 4 Years Old.
WHEN she was 5 years old. Peggy Parham of 4131 Yuma street,
worked out hpr own method of becoming a good actress, going
to thp movies and coming home to act the different roles she
had seen, in front of a mirror!
Peggy is 8 years old now and has taken part in many juvenile plays.
She first became interested in dra-.r. - -
matics three years ago. however, when
she began going to moving picture
shows. She enjoyed the p;ctures. of
course, but she says it was even mor?
fun to come home afterward and
act out all of the parts before a long
mirror in her mother's room She
could remember the way movie people
walked and the tones of their voices.
It was no trick at all to speak the
lines, either, foi< Peggy has a good
memory. And that plan for amusing
herself when she wax so small proved
to be excellent preparation for all
the plays Peggy has been in since.
ABOUT four years old. this lit
tle girl was appearing in public
with songs, dances and recitati,ns.
She was the only child in a p!ayle;
given before the P. T. A. convention
at that time. Since then. Peggv has
had the juvenile lead in "Daddy Long
Legs" and more recently in "The
House That Jack Built," a Players'
Club production. She has appeared
in numerous one-act plays about town,
and for two years has been studying
intensively with a well-known teachcr
of expression in this city.
Although to be in a real play behind
the footlight holds a great thrill for
Peggy, who savs she never freis that
sinking feeling many actresses ex
perience when the curtain rise--, shr
also enjoys writing her own plays and
giving them with the help of a fe*
kindred spirits r>i her own age, in the
neighborhood where she lives. Peggy
manufactures costumes of almost any
thing suitable at hand, such as paper
decorated with bright-colored cray
ons, and directs these plays. Here
she reines the glamour of the foot
lights, until the next grown-up play
comes along for her to be in.
J3EGGY is rehearsing for a new play
now. In this one there was a
particularly long part to learn. But
that doesn't bother Peggy, who learned
to read at an early age.
"When there's a new part to learn."
she says. "I get it down in my head
at rehearsals, then when the lime
comes. I just have to say it."
Shirley Temple is Peggy's favorite
actress. She likes her best because
she says Shirley "lives up to her part"
better than other screen child:en '
Peggy loves being in plays, but she !
thinks a movie career would b? more
exciting.
Fool-Proof Invention
Fatal to Summer Pest
pROF. M. T. NOODLE, whose brain
has more waves than the Pacific
Ocean, has just come forward with a
new invention which will make Sum
mer a pleasure and fly-time a mean
ingless expression. It is the Little
Gem Fly Eradicator, which is guar
anteed to be a simple and fool-proof
device for ridding; your home of warm
weather's greatest nuisance.
This neat little machine can be in
stalled in your living room in some
thing like an hour and forty-five
minutes, with no outside help except
three graduate engineers, a carpenter,
six or seven husky laborers, and a
taxidermist. Once set up, It works
as follows ( we hope ) :
Mamma (A) presses the lever < Β »
which pulls a string < C) and operates
a pair of shears (D). The shear*
slice into the feather pilkiw ιΕι and
as the feathers fall, a pet penguin
<F) flaps his wings with glee, think
ing it is snowing.
I
The motion of the penguin's wines
operates the saw 1G1 and the saw
cuts off the end of the log ι Hi, which
drops into the basket (II. The added
weight lowers the basket and pulls
the string (Ji which fires the pistol
IK>. The bullet from the pistol
breaks the string <L>. releasing the
slingshot iM), which thereupon hurls
a rock <Νl at the fly <Oi which
has been persuaded to alight on a
lump of sugar (Pi.
Prof. Noodle, having neatly solved
the fly problem, is now planning to
do something about flea*, provided
he doesn't run out of letters.
·
At Track Meet.
J^LDERLY Lady: What are all those
men doing?
Nephew: They are runners. The
first one gets a gold cup.
Ledy: But what are the others run
ning for?
MEALS ON TIME.
WHEN you are called to lunch or dinner,
do you go at once, or do you «top long
enough to finish the chapter of the
boolc you are reading, or to have
just a few more catches?
Too many of us do the latter. We've got
into the bed habit of yelling "All right. I'm com
ing!" and then waiting 2 or 5 or 10 minutes
before we actually go. But if we had ever had
the Job of cooking the family's meals, as mother
does, we would be a lot prompter. There is prob
ably nothing more discouraging to a rook than to
have a fine meal all ready to serve, and then to watch it grow cold while
she waits for the family to come and eat it.
The least we can do to help our mothers during the hot weather is
to be on time for our meals, with hands and faces washed, all reedy to
eat. If we do happen to be playing or working or reading when meal
time arrives, let's be -very quick about answering mother's call.
If a few of us had to go without our meals for a while. I imagine
we'd be more careful to be on hand for them when they 're ready I
A
Cats Aided
Enemy Raid
In Old Egypt
Ancestors of Tabby
Were Worshiped
by Ancients.
])ID you ever want to know where
rats rame from? The p«>t rats we
have now. You ran say t.hey rame
from Europe, but that doesn't really
answer the question.
The ancestors of our cats were wild
cats, Just like the wild rats now in ex
istence in Europe and Northern Africa.
But these animals aren't like the
American wildcats. These ' acestor
rats" are pretty much the same as our
short-haired ories. The Eurnpran
species is called "Felis sylvestris" by
scientists and the Egyptian species is
"Felis ocrea'a."
Probably the Egyptian wild rats wre
domestirated first. Way. way bark in
the dawn of history, the Egyptians
worshipped their tame wild'' rats.
Temples were built for thrm. pries'.s
cared for them and the cats ran at will
all over the cities. It must havp been
otirfiil r\r> ry\r>r\r\ 1 i η V-i t
But even if thp rats made h fparful
noisp, nobody wantPd to do anything
about it, because all thp people had
bppn taught that thp cats were cods
and it wouldn't do at all to make the
gods angry. So thp cats were every
where and livpd very pa.sy Iivps.
Thpn along came a general named
Cambyses with an army to attack the
chief city of Egypt. Thp people hpard
him coming and gathered enough sup
plies inside the walls to last them
through a long siege. The walls were
thick and strong. Cambyses made his
soldiers do everything they could to
smash a hole in the defenses. Every
thing failed. It appeared that Mr.
Cambvses would have to retire and ad
mit forever afterward that thp cat
worshipping Egyptians had debated
him.
Cambvses didn't want to do that. Not
a bi(! He thought a long time, and
finally he had an idea. If the Egyptians
in the city worshipped cats, they'd be
afraid if he attacked them with cats. *
So he had his men go all over the
country out-side thp walls and catch all
the cats they could find. There were
a lot of them. too. Then he ordered
his horsemen each to take a bag full
of cats and ride around the walls and
throw the cat.s at the Eevptians ,
For a long time the people in the
city were literally bombarded with
cats. They ran in terror from thit
raining down of their gods, and while
they were in that terror Cambvses at
tacked the walls again. This time he
won !
In the old Egvptian tombs mummi
fied cats have been found Probably
some of thesp cats wprp carripd in ships
to Europp and thprp they crossed with
the European wild cat. And we get
our fancy long-haired and special
color cats from these by selective
breeding.
If you own a cat. therefore, you have
a descendant of one of the oldest com
panions of the human race.
Exciting ,
Adventure
Charging Cow Nearly
Creates Tragedy for
δ-Year-Old.
ARMEN HUNTSMAN. 11. of f>nni)
Second street, reports the follow
lnc adventure to The Star
"My most exciting adventure oc
curred when I was S years old." Car
men wrote. "I was out with my
grandfather watching him milk cows,
and he sent me in the house to get
something.
"As I was running toward the
house, a tow charged from behind
and knocked me down. She had long
horns that were to have been removed
within the next few days, but as lurk
had it, her horns went, on either side
of my body. Had I been any larger
or had the row's horns been any
closer together. even a fraction of «η
Inch, they probably would have killed
me.
"When I bumped the ground, the
breath was knocked out of me, but I
got up soon and started to run to
the house. Again the cow started
to charge, but by this time- mv grand
father had come to me and he jerked
me out of the way. The only bad
results were a few bruises and
scratches."
The Star will pay II for each
story it. publishes on th-e subject
"My Most Exciting Adrvnture."
written by a boy or girl reader o)
the paper.
Gentle Hint.
1_IE HAD long outstayed his welcome.
"Tell me," said hie host at last,
"how long was the fish you caught
the other day?"
"Oh." said the guest, holding his
hands wide apart, "so long."
"Well, so long." returned the hoet,
"If you really must be going."
Turn to the Comic
Section
for
HIGHLIGHTS OF
HISTORY
PUZZLE PAGE IN
COLOR
WORLD MUSEUM
DIORAMAS